TY - JOUR
KW - Substrates
KW - Atomic force microscopy
KW - Bismuth compounds
KW - Ferroelectric polarization
KW - X-ray Diffraction
KW - X-ray scattering
KW - Ferroelectric films
KW - Epitaxial films
KW - Piezoelectric force microscopy (PEM)
KW - Domain control
KW - Multiferroic domain structure
AU - Y.-H Chu
AU - M.P Cruz
AU - C.-H Yang
AU - L.W Martin
AU - P.-L Yang
AU - J.-X Zhang
AU - K Lee
AU - P Yu
AU - L.-Q Chen
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AB - A study was conducted to control the ferroelectric domain structure in BiFeO3 (BFO) films through the use of vicinal SrTio3 (STO) substrates. The ferroelectric domain structure of an epitaxial BFO films on STO substrates with different orientations is modeled using the phase-field method. The ferroelectric polarization variants in the films were characterized by piezoelectric force microscopy, where structural variants were analyzed and confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Morphology and local piezoelectric properties of films were investigated using an atomic force microscopy (AFM). X-ray scattering was used to confirm the domain architecture to verify the structural properties of the films. The downward directed polarization variants are observed, indicating the existence of a self-poling effect of the films.
BT - Advanced Materials
DO - 10.1002/adma.200602972
LA - eng
M1 - 18
N1 - cited By 191
N2 - A study was conducted to control the ferroelectric domain structure in BiFeO3 (BFO) films through the use of vicinal SrTio3 (STO) substrates. The ferroelectric domain structure of an epitaxial BFO films on STO substrates with different orientations is modeled using the phase-field method. The ferroelectric polarization variants in the films were characterized by piezoelectric force microscopy, where structural variants were analyzed and confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Morphology and local piezoelectric properties of films were investigated using an atomic force microscopy (AFM). X-ray scattering was used to confirm the domain architecture to verify the structural properties of the films. The downward directed polarization variants are observed, indicating the existence of a self-poling effect of the films.
PY - 2007
SP - 2662
EP - 2666
T2 - Advanced Materials
TI - Domain control in multiferroic BiFeO3 through substrate vicinality
VL - 19
SN - 09359648
ER -